She moved to New York City in 1960 and began a career in publishing. She worked as an art director for McGraw Hill and Franklin Watts, both in New York City, and for Millbrook Press in Brookfield, Conn.

When I read Nancy Tuckerman’s New York Times obituary it was as if time stopped for Nancy when she left New York. Not true; she had a rich, full life here in Salisbury for a good portion of her time on earth.